Sentences with phrase «league season while»

We have the depth that we can keep our true starting XI rested for the Premier League season while also succeeding in our cup and European competitions.

Grenada managed to beat them on the opening day of the Spanish league season while the former La Liga winners had to rely on a last minute penalty from Joan Cuenca to get a draw against Rayo Vallecano in the last round of fixtures.

Despite the fact that he scored 14 goals in the league this season while missing over three months..

I never believed there would be a nine year wait for the first trophy since the move but the fact the club managed to qualify for the Champions League every season while the likes of Liverpool, Spurs, City and Chelsea were throwing huge sums of money at it — and in the case or Tottenham failing 99 percent of the time to break the top four.

Not exact matches

Edmonton, the worst team in the NHL last season, placed 29th in the Index, while Calgary (25th), Montreal (23rd) and Ottawa (19th) all finished in the bottom half of the National Hockey League.

While tanking has been a not - so - secret aspect of late - season game - planning for the worst teams in the league for some time, this year's tank looks to be the most blatant in NBA history.

While competing in the Champions League is hugely profitable to the top clubs, participation is dependent on finishing in a certain position in their domestic leagues, meaning that a poor season can see teams miss out.

While Manziel, as a Heisman winner, had a legendary college career, his on - field achievements are as yet nothing compared with Jackson's, who had several eye - popping seasons in both the NFL and Major League Baseball.

Every season in German soccer's Bundesliga (literally: federal league) the best minor league teams are promoted to the Bundesliga while the worst Bundesliga teams are demoted.

Wilson is yet to earn a place in the Liverpool side, but won praise for his Rangers appearances last season domestically and in the UEFA Champions League, while Barry Bannan has been granted time on the pitch due to injuries to key men at Villa Park.

While few would argue that the Champions League was a realistic target this season, a group - stage elimination was far from what was expected.

Sub-plots: Daley Blind is poised to make his 50th Premier League appearance for the Reds on Sunday, while Danny Welbeck is set to return to Old Trafford for the second time since leaving United for Arsenal in 2014; the England forward scored the winner when the Gunners visited in the FA Cup last season.

Averaging a league - best 34.4 points while going 8 - 0 on the road this season, the Cowboys have every reason to believe that they can conquer Lambeau Field and advance deeper into the post-season.

It was funny but while the notion is clearly daft, as Fabregas was one of the key players in helping Mourinho and Chelsea to the Premier League title last season, the Spaniard is being seen as one of the mail villains of the piece and a key player in Mourinho's departure.

Obviously his scoring and usage were down, but in that 2007 - 08 season he had the highest FG %, eFG % and TS %, as well as his lowest assist / turnover ratio, while still having his second highest WS year (only behind 2000 - 01)... all of that while playing all 82 games and leading the league in minutes played in his 12th NBA season.

Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the Premier League champions Leicester City last season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this season, while Chelsea had such a poor campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.

The fact that our excellent centre back Laurent Koscielny is due to get the nod ahead of the Man City defender Eliaquim Mangala is hardly surprising really, as the Gunner was one of the most consistent and impressive players in the Premier League last season, while the only consistency with Mangala is how he has continually failed to justify his huge transfer fee.

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

Having finished outside of the top four, it remains to be seen whether or not the lack of Champions League football next season costs them in their transfer work this summer, while they will have to balance out their spending with sales too.

While zooming through three levels of the minor leagues last season, Snider batted.275 -LRB-.349 OBP,.480 slugging) with 23 home runs and 91 RBIs.After a late - August call - up to the majors he hit.301 in 24 games and now saysthat playing in the big leagues was «easier than I thought.»

After all, Shezzer has been the first choice stopper of the Italian Serie A side Roma all season and he has done very well for them, all the time gaining valuable experience, while David Ospina was still fresh in the average Gooner's mind for that horrible fumble which handed the initiative back to Olympiacos to record their first Champions League victory on English soil.

They played their best line against us and while this game is not exactly a league game it is a way to measure where we are at preparing the season.

While van Gaal initially impressed at Old Trafford, taking the club back to the Champions League after David Moyes» troubled tenure, the giants have struggled to kick on this season.

The Cottagers currently lie in third place in the league, while Millwall currently occupy one of the final playoff places, so there's everything to play for this season.

Even more disheartening is that during the 3 or so seasons when Man United was garbage, we only managed to beat them once in the League, while they kept on the recent tradition of beating us every season

And while United's defensive record this season is generally decent — along with Burnley and City, they've only conceded 12 in the league — there's been a strange theme of un-Mourinho-like mistakes.

We have some fantastic managers in the league next season, but all could take a while to adjust to the league, and to their new clubs, like with what we saw in the 13/14 season.

The Colombian forward proved a real flop during his season - long loan spell, scoring just four Premier League goals, while experienced Dutchman Robin van Persie's 10 - goal haul was the 31 - year - old's lowest tally since 2009/10.

Stewart has featured four times in the FA Cup so far this season, while he made his Premier League bow — making a 24 - minute cameo — as the Reds saw off Aston Villa 6 - 0 earlier this month.

Holding has the potential to make the grade while Chambers has less quality.With nothing at stake in the remaining league matches why not test them together.Let's face it Mustafi and Kocielney have not exactly set the Heather on fire this season and neither is likely to figure in the plans of any new Arsenal manager.

The England international has been able to make only 12 starts in the Premier League this season, while during the 2015 - 16 campaign, he featured in 22 league maLeague this season, while during the 2015 - 16 campaign, he featured in 22 league maleague matches.

Last week saw Arsenal complete the transfer of Mohamed Elneny from Basel and today we added a new contract for our Spanish left back Nacho Monreal and while a lit of Arsenal fans are hoping for or expecting more from the club, with most of them hankering for another striker, Smith is not and he does not think we need any more players to win the league this season.

Both managers have recent success at promotion with Norwich body Alex Neil guiding Hamilton to promotion to the Scottish Premiership last season while McCarthy has previously taken both Wolves and Sunderland up to the Premier League.

Wenger's men, however, have to guard against any naivety that they have exhibited on a fair few occasions this season, when they have over-attacked and committed too many men forward while trailing at home to Manchester United in the league and in the first leg of this champions league tie.

While they're undoubtedly the best team in the league, they also happen to have overperformed substantially, and will most likely regress somewhat next season.

There have been thousand of Arsenal rumours regarding whether Arsenal will still be at the Emirates next season, and most pundits have said that he wouldn't consider leaving while the Gunners could still have a chance of winning a trophy (i.e. the Europa League!)

It's been another wonderful year for the Portuguese international as he won the La Liga title and Champions League last season with Madrid, while scoring 42 goals and providing 12 assists in 46 appearances in all competitions.

While Team Lalez (and Team Harris before this week) have been stealing many of the headlines for going Undefeated so far this season, Team Goldin's W - Streak is now up to 7 Games and is the second longest active streak in the League.

While they didn't win their final Game, they have something to truly build upon going into their Junior Season where in the Fall they will be among the favorites for the «All Sports» League Crown.

While the England international has had his moments too, there is surely a stronger case to want him, or someone similar with his experience, at Anfield next season as Liverpool look to push on and challenge for the Premier League title.

I only had to look back at last couple concluded seasons to find a current top team that got a lower league fin while playing in UEL.

While the Lions have fended off Minnesota for most of the season, they'll get a new challenge in the final two weeks of the season with a Packers team that is one of the hottest in the league right now.

While the reigning Premier League champions still boast plenty of quality in their squad, they have not started the defence of their title well, and look an all - round weaker squad than last season.

They started this season (their first with All Sports Series) at 1 - 3 while they adjusted to the League..

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Team Zisook was attempting to make their second consecutive Final4 while Team Gerszonovicz was looking to ride the late - season momentum they'd had into a big upset one of the best Hoops Teams in the League..

I'd say we are level with them except they did win the league last season while we won it nearly a decade and a half ago.

Barca equalled that record in last weekend's win over Leganes, while they remain 11 points clear at the top of the standings this season as they edge ever closer to sealing the league crown.

While it is a New League, we have a lot of familiar faces from the Fall League and we are in store for an extremely competitive season!

Alonso's tireless displays up and down the left flank were instrumental to Chelsea winning the Premier League title last season and he's continued to prove a consistent performer while others in the squad have dropped a level in recent times.